Edo Deputy Governor, Shaibu Denied Access To Govt House Office
On Monday, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, was denied access to his office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital. Shaibu arrived at Government House on Monday but discovered that the gate leading to his office was locked. According to Shaibu, he has yet to receive an official letter from the governor's office on transferring his...
I Didn’t Visit Wike To Influence Tribunal Judgement, Says Nasarawa Governor
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said his recent visit to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was not to influence the ongoing Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in the state, but to seek collaboration between Nasarawa and the FCT. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was for the construction of a metro line...
Bayelsa Guber Election: Sylva Accuses Gov. Diri Of Hiring Spies To Monitor His Movements
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has accused the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, of recruiting spies to monitor his movement. Sylva in a statement signed and sent to ABN TV on Sunday, by his Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, said credible intelligence available to him indicated that the spies...
It Will Take Igbos 20-25 Years Of Hard Work To Produce Nigerian President – Joe Igbokwe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has claimed that it would take the Igbo ethnic group 20–25 years of hard work to produce the president of Nigeria. Igbokwe made this declaration in response to accusations levelled at his statements on a Facebook post on Friday, September 15, 2023. He also termed Igbo people as “onlookers in...
Abia North: Nnamdi Iro Oji Blackmailing Judiciary, Wasn’t Prepared For Senate, Yet To Recover From Defeat — Clergy
A clergyman, Rev Kalu Ukpai Ota has urged the Abia North Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Nnamdi Iro Oji (Opotoyom), to accept the judgement of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal upholding the election of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. In a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Ota cautioned the Labour Party candidate to desist from blackmailing...
Oyo Assembly Speaker Becomes Chairman, Nigeria Conference of Speakers
Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, on Saturday, emerged the new Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria. At the national meeting of the conference held in Abuja, Ogundoyin emerged following the withdrawal of the Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Taiwo Oluomo. Ogundoyin’s emergence was, thereafter, confirmed through a unanimous voice vote...
Imo Governorship: No Going Back On Winning, APC Vows After Inauguration Of Campaign Council
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its National Campaign Council for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration at the Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the Imo state capital, the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, said the party was fully prepared to support Governor Hope Uzodimma’s re-election bid. For...
Sen. Kalu Denies Disenfranchising Abiriba Community In NASS Election
Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu says he has no hand in the alleged disenfranchisement of the people of Abiriba in Ohafia local government area in the February 25 National Assembly elections. The lawmaker says the allegation that he accused Agboji and Ameke communities in Abiriba of being sympathetic to the agitations of IPOB, hence voters...
Governorship Tribunal: Judges Receiving Bribe Should Choose Between Life And Death — Kano Commissioner
The Kano State Commissioner for Lands, Adamu Aliyu, says judges hearing governorship election petitions – but allegedly collected bribes – should choose between the money and their lives. Aliyu issued the warning to the judges presiding over the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday while delivering during a solidarity protest organised by the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). During his...
APC Loses Out As Supreme Court Refuses To Void Enugu Governor’s Election
The Supreme Court, on Friday, declined to nullify the election victory of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, dismissed as incompetent, an appeal that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate in the state, Uche Nnaji, filed to challenge the return of Mbah of the Peoples...
